Strasbourg Airport (; ; ) is a minor

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located in

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and 10 km (6.2 miles) west-southwest of

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, both ''

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'' of the

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'' in the

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'' of France. In 2018, the airport served 1,297,177 passengers.

Decline in airport passenger traffic

There was a decline in traffic after

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suspended service in 2004 after a court declared that the airline had received illegal subsidies from the airport. After the opening of the first phase of the new

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line from

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, there was a significant reduction in plane usage, but since 2011, traffic at the airport has grown. However,

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ceased to operate the route between Strasbourg and

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on 2 April 2013, transferring passengers onto rail services operated as ''tgvair''. The opening of the second phase of the LGV Est in July 2016 further reduced travel time to Paris to 1:48 by train.

Facilities

The airport consists of a single two-storey passenger terminal building. The ground floor features the check-in areas as well as the arrivals facilities with three baggage claim belts. The upper floor contains the international and domestic departure lounges and gates. The terminal is equipped with four gates that have jet-bridges as well as some walk-boarding stands.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Strasbourg Airport:

Statistics

Ground transportation

The airport is served by the Entzheim-Aéroport station, on the line from Strasbourg to Molsheim.Halte ferroviaire de Entzheim-Aéroport
TER Grand Est The trip to

Strasbourg-Ville station Strasbourg-Ville station (French language, French: ''Gare de Strasbourg-Ville'') is the main railway station in the city of Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France. It is the eastern terminus of the Paris-Est–Strasbourg-Ville railway. The current core bui ...

takes 7 to 12 minutes.

Accidents and incidents

* Air Inter Flight 148, a flight inbound from

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, France, struck a mountain side near

Mont Sainte-Odile Mont Sainte-Odile ( or Ottilienberg; called Allitona in the 8th century) is a 764-metre-high peak in the Vosges Mountains in Alsace in France, immediately west of Barr, Bas-Rhin, Barr. The mountain is named after Saint Odile. It has a monaste ...

on 20 January 1992 on descent during the final leg of the approach for Strasbourg's runway 05, killing 87 people.

References

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